GeoIP Location - locate an IP address
Information about IP / Hostname
| IP Address: | 18.215.185.97 |
| Hostname: | ec2-18-215-185-97.compute-1.amazonaws.com |
| Country Code: | US |
| 3 Letters Code: | USA |
| Country Flag: |  |
| Country Name: | United States |
| State / Region: | MA Massachusetts |
| City: | Cambridge |
| Postal Code: | 02139 |
| Latitude: | 42.3646 |
| Longitude: | -71.1028 |
| Time Zone: | America/New_York |
All GeoIP location information without guarantee
What is an IP address?
IP is the abbreviation for Internet Protocol and is a kind of address on the Internet. Generally one has to differentiate between a dynamic and a static IP address.
Such an IP address consists of 4 randomly generated blocks of numbers, separated by a period.Each block of numbers has 1 - 3 characters and is used to identify every computer on the Internet. Example form of an IP: 00.000.0.00
An industrial server receives a fixed IP address (which must be registered and approved) with assigned parameters. This is usually installed in a data center. Thus data & parameters of an industrial server e.g. can be queried with a "GeoIP Location Tool".
A privately used computer in the home network is installed in an Internet line for access to the Internet. This Internet line receives a dynamic IP address from the provider (i.e. constantly changing IP, usually every 24 hours).
Some webmasters who operate home servers / NAS or IP cams ask themselves: Why does this IP address change every 24 hours, does that have to be? The answer to this question is: YES, for security reasons, because every computer can be attacked by hackers via its IP address. To avoid or complicate this, the IP address becomes dynamic. In order to make a home server or IP cam accessible from outside the home network, the server master can use a DynDNS provider / service. This provides a permanent connection from one dynamic IP to an external fixed address (domain). A determination of the data and parameters of a dynamic IP is also possible with the "GeoIP Location Tool".
IP is the abbreviation for Internet Protocol and is a kind of address on the Internet. Generally one has to differentiate between a dynamic and a static IP address.
Such an IP address consists of 4 randomly generated blocks of numbers, separated by a period.Each block of numbers has 1 - 3 characters and is used to identify every computer on the Internet. Example form of an IP: 00.000.0.00
An industrial server receives a fixed IP address (which must be registered and approved) with assigned parameters. This is usually installed in a data center. Thus data & parameters of an industrial server e.g. can be queried with a "GeoIP Location Tool".
A privately used computer in the home network is installed in an Internet line for access to the Internet. This Internet line receives a dynamic IP address from the provider (i.e. constantly changing IP, usually every 24 hours).
Some webmasters who operate home servers / NAS or IP cams ask themselves: Why does this IP address change every 24 hours, does that have to be? The answer to this question is: YES, for security reasons, because every computer can be attacked by hackers via its IP address. To avoid or complicate this, the IP address becomes dynamic. In order to make a home server or IP cam accessible from outside the home network, the server master can use a DynDNS provider / service. This provides a permanent connection from one dynamic IP to an external fixed address (domain). A determination of the data and parameters of a dynamic IP is also possible with the "GeoIP Location Tool".
